Method and apparatus for creating electronic document in mobile terminal

Abstract

A method of creating an electronic document in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes displaying an electronic document screen, sensing a hover-in event of an input unit when the electronic document screen is displayed, enlarging a size of the electronic document screen in response to the hover-in event of the input unit, creating the electronic document according to a user input on the enlarged electronic document screen, sensing a hover-out event of the input unit when the enlarged electronic document is displayed, and reducing a size of the enlarged electronic document screen in response to the hover-out event of the input unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of creating an electronic document in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
 displaying an electronic document screen; 
 sensing a hover-in event of an input unit when the electronic document screen is displayed; 
 determining an enlargement ratio of the electronic document screen according to a type of the input unit that performs the hover-in event; 
 enlarging a size of the electronic document screen in response to the determined enlargement ratio; 
 receiving touch-based writing data by the input unit in a state where the enlarged electronic document screen is maintained; 
 displaying the received touch-based writing data by a size corresponding to the determined enlargement ratio according to a movement of the input unit on the enlarged electronic document screen when the electronic document screen is enlarged; 
 in response to a hover-out event of the input unit, reducing the size of the enlarged electronic document screen; and 
 reducing a display of the touch-based writing data displayed by a size corresponding to a reduction ratio of the electronic document when reducing the enlarged electronic document screen. 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the enlarging of the size of the electronic document screen comprises:
 enlarging the electronic document screen around a coordinate value of the input unit that performs the hover-in event. 
 
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 moving the screen according to a user input on the enlarged electronic document screen. 
 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 3 , wherein the moving of the screen includes moving the screen by any one of a drag input method, a touch-based long press input method, a hovering input method, a selection input method on a direction indicating item, and a hovering input method over the direction indicating item. 
     
     
       5. An apparatus for creating an electronic document in a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:
 a display unit configured to display an electronic document screen; 
 a touch sensor configured to:
 detect a user input when the electronic document screen is displayed, and 
 sense a hover-in or a hover out event of an input unit when the electronic document screen is displayed; and 
 
 a controller configured to:
 determine an enlargement ratio of the electronic document screen according to a type of the input unit that performs the hover-in event; 
 enlarge a size of the electronic document screen in response to the determined enlargement ratio; 
 receive touch-based writing data by the input unit in a state where the enlarged electronic document screen is maintained; 
 display the received touch-based writing data by a size corresponding to the determined enlargement ratio according to a movement of the input unit on the enlarged electronic document screen when the electronic document screen is enlarged; 
 in response to a hover-out event of the input unit, reduce the size of the enlarged electronic document screen; and 
 reduce a display of the touch-based writing data displayed by a size corresponding to a reduction ratio of the electronic document when reducing the enlarged electronic document screen. 
 
 
     
     
       6. The apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to enlarge the electronic document screen around a coordinate value of the input unit that performs the hover-in event. 
     
     
       7. The apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to move the screen according to a user input on the enlarged electronic document screen. 
     
     
       8. The apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to move the screen by any one of a drag input method, a touch-based long press input method, a hovering input method, a selection input method on a direction indicating item, and a hovering input method over the direction indicating item. 
     
     
       9. The apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the hover-in event comprises:
 an input in which the input unit is moved in to a certain height over the electronic document screen and the electronic document screen is resized according to a resize ratio for each type of input unit. 
 
     
     
       10. The apparatus according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the hover-out event comprises an input in which the input unit is moved out a certain height over the electronic document screen, and 
 wherein the resized electronic document screen is displayed to a full screen.